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Minerals

Geology

29 cards·by AlexBuliis318
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Fellow that put together the Hardness Scale
Moh
Fellow who figured out that a body in water is buoyed up by a force equal to water displaced
Archimedes
Man made object with a hardness of 5.5
knife
Heavies sink down, light float up
Gravitational differentiation
Ability to form without breaking
Maleabillity
Final requirement of a feldspar
Aluminum
Number of elements to make up 98% of the Earth's crust
eight
Number of elements that make up 75% of the Earth's crust
three
Bubbling in response to dilute acid.
Effervescence
number 4 on the hardness scale
fluorite
Easiest way to differentiate halite
Taste
Class which makes up most animal skeletons
Carbonates
Least dependable visual characteristic
color
Class of minerals Characterized by sulfur and oxygen
sulfates
class to which pyrite belongs
sulphide
The way light bounces off a material
Luster
Second most common elements in Earth's crust
Silicon
Class which contains corundum
oxides
Number of the times a sample is as heavy as an equal volume of water
Specific Gravity
Ability to withstand scratching
hardness
Natural solid with known structure and compostion
mineral
Classification of mercury
minerloid
Most common class of minerals
silicates
Class of minerals formed b evaporating water
evaporide/evaporite
Mineral which makes up human bones
Apatite
Three dimensional expression of a mineral
Crystal
Most common element in Earth's crust
Oxygen
Man made object with a hardness of 6
Glass
Trail of mineral left on a porcelain plate
streak